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Advanced manufacturing and supply chain management

Transforming how we design, build & deploy innovative products—with precision, speed & flexibility—understanding the operations of complex, global supply chains

AI, autonomy, and robotics

Leading edge research spanning human-robot interactions and intelligent sensing platforms to unmanned vehicles and AI-enabled cybersecurity threat response.

Computing and cybersecurity

Developing new high-performance, edge and quantum computing architectures; increasing data security and privacy; and protecting critical cyber-infrastructure.

Energy, environment, and water

Developing renewable energy systems, combating climate change, ensuring clean water sources—sustainability is a foundational thread in the fabric of our college

Healthcare and biomedicine

Developing new biomaterials, biosensors, instrumentation, diagnostics, therapeutics, and digital health systems for safer, more equitable healthcare delivery.

Materials and nanotechnology

From nanoelectronics to structural beams, we design & create novel materials at multiple scales for application in IT, healthcare, energy, and the environment.

Pervasive sensing and communications

Leveraging the electromagnetic spectrum for sensing a wide-range of phenomena—biological to atmospheric—& for next generation multimedia communications networks

Smart communities and infrastructure

Designing and building the next generation of interconnected smart communities that are safe, resilient, sustainable and inclusive.

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